EP3517022A1 - Appareil d'examen ophtalmique - Google Patents

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EP3517022A1
EP3517022A1 EP19152814.0A EP19152814A EP3517022A1 EP 3517022 A1 EP3517022 A1 EP 3517022A1 EP 19152814 A EP19152814 A EP 19152814A EP 3517022 A1 EP3517022 A1 EP 3517022A1
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Jörg Breitenstein
Frank Zumkehr
Claudio DELLAGIACOMA
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  • the invention relates to a device for examining an eye, in particular a slit lamp, comprising an image recording unit having at least one first sensor in a first beam path and a second sensor in a second beam path. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for determining image data with a device for examining an eye.
  • Slit-lamp microscopes are ophthalmological examination devices with which the eyes can be examined monoscopically or stereoscopically.
  • Known slit lamp microscopes have for stereoscopic viewing of an eye optics for generating two images of an eye and two eyepieces for stereoscopic viewing of the images and a lighting unit.
  • the lighting unit is arranged on a vertically extending branch of a holding unit.
  • the eye to be considered can be positioned on one side of the holding unit in an approximately horizontal plane.
  • the lighting unit includes an incandescent lamp, LEDs or similar lighting means for slit illumination.
  • a slit lamp which comprises two image sensors for the electronic detection of two images, in order to achieve a three-dimensional representation, wherein more than two image sensors can be provided. Furthermore, image sensors with different spectral ranges can be provided.
  • the electronically recorded image data can be processed during the presentation, in particular optimized, abstracted, etc.
  • the US 2010/201799 A (Zeiss ) relates to an ophthalmic device for obtaining images with extended dynamic range.
  • the device comprises at least one beam splitter and at least two image sensors, as well as a slit lamp or a fundus camera. This allows you to take several pictures with the same scene and to assemble them into a complete picture.
  • the beam splitter has an asymmetrical pitch setting.
  • the DE102010014114 (Zeiss ) relates to an application of an image acquisition unit of an ophthalmological apparatus for adjustment and measurement tasks.
  • the image pickup device includes a high-resolution digital camera and a digital zoom function.
  • the known devices for examining an eye have the disadvantage that they are complex and expensive to manufacture.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a the technical field mentioned above belonging device for the examination of an eye, which is designed to be particularly cost-effective and robust.
  • the device in the first beam path further comprises a first objective with a first optical axis, which has a fixed magnification and is fixedly arranged in the first beam path.
  • Optomechanical parts are very expensive to manufacture because they have to be extremely precise and robust.
  • a and / or b is understood to mean in each case a non-empty subset of the elements a and b, ie either a or b or (a and b).
  • fixedly arranged in the beam path is understood here to mean that the objective remains in the beam path - however, it is clear to the person skilled in the art that the objective defines the beam path (with).
  • the fixed arrangement in the beam path is to be understood that the device is not designed so that the lens in the beam path is not replaceable by another lens.
  • one or more of the lenses may be designed to be pivotable or displaceable, wherein the beam path is changed by appropriate pivoting or displacement of the lens.
  • the device is preferably designed as a slit lamp, with which in a preferred application a front eye section can be examined.
  • a slit lamp is a device for stereoscopic examination of a To understand eye, which includes a device for slit illumination. Those skilled in such devices are well known.
  • the image acquisition unit comprises at least a first and a second sensor.
  • the sensors are thus preferably suitable for taking a picture.
  • the sensor does not necessarily have to work in the visible spectral range (see below).
  • the sensor may be composed of several individual sensors.
  • an individual sensor assigned to a lens or a sensor consisting of a plurality of individual sensors, which is likewise associated with a lens, is understood to mean sensor.
  • the first and / or the second sensor is a digital sensor.
  • no opto-mechanical magnification is provided with the digital sensors particularly simple, especially using known techniques (interpolation, etc.), digital image magnification can be made.
  • a stereoscopic recording is possible with suitable alignment of the two sensors.
  • image data of several sensors of the same object section can be calculated into a single image.
  • This can be simulated with multiple individual sensors or with multiple lenses, a sensor which has a higher resolution than the individual sensors. This can be achieved in relation to the achievable resolution relatively inexpensive device.
  • the term "beam path" is defined by those light beams which reach the sensor starting from the observed object.
  • the device according to the invention may comprise, in addition to the sensor, a beam splitter for an eyepiece.
  • the light beams, which in this case reach the object from the eyepiece, are, unless otherwise stated, not associated with the beam path. In the preferred embodiment, however, the device does not include eyepieces in the classical sense, but at best electronic, with screens oculars or similar.
  • the beam path is typically a polygonal path train, which travels a light beam from the object through the optical elements (lenses, mirrors, etc.) to the sensor. Depending on the design of the optical elements, the beam path may also be formed as a straight line or have curvatures.
  • the term objective is understood below to mean the optical element of the device, which is arranged in the beam path adjacent to the observed optical element. That is, the lens is between the image and the object.
  • the first objective has a fixed magnification .
  • the first lens has a fixed focal length.
  • Focal-length lenses typically capture images with better image quality than zoom lenses because they have a simpler design with fewer or fewer movable elements.
  • the first lens with the fixed focal length, so that different focal lengths could be achieved by different lenses during shooting. According to the invention, however, this interchangeability is dispensed with, so that the first objective with the fixed magnification is fixedly arranged in the first beam path.
  • Movable parts are usually a source of error for the device.
  • the movable parts are optical elements in the beam path or can be used in this, even minimal deviations from the desired position can lead to aberrations.
  • the first objective is fixedly arranged in the first beam path, a particularly robust and precise device is achieved. The fact that it can be dispensed with complex opto-mechanical components, the device is also more cost effective as a whole.
  • the device without an eyepiece is particularly preferably designed for analog viewing of the object.
  • the device is thus preferably designed exclusively for the digital representation of the image data captured by the image sensors. Due to the fact that the image data are digitized, a presentation unit, for viewing the image data, can be used.
  • an electronic display or the like may be used, which may be designed to be positionable independently of the optics, in particular independently of the eyepieces. This allows the user to achieve a particularly ergonomic posture during use.
  • the device can have one or more electronic screens or displays.
  • the means for displaying the image data need not necessarily be encompassed by the device itself.
  • the device can also be designed only to capture the image data, while the image data is displayed on a separate device. Thus, the device as a whole can be further simplified, especially since the eyepieces and their lens systems are expensive to manufacture.
  • the device may comprise an eyepiece, for example via a beam splitter, in one or both beam paths, with which the object can be viewed in a classical manner analog (i.e., not digitized).
  • the device comprises a focal plane switching, which can be switched between two or more focal planes.
  • the device comprises such a focal plane switching for each sensor.
  • a continuous adjustment of the focal plane can also be provided.
  • the focus level switching can also be dispensed with.
  • the device may be movable relative to the object such that the focal plane can be adjusted.
  • the object for example a chin and forehead support in the case of a slit lamp
  • the device can be movable.
  • the first lens comprises the first sensor.
  • the device preferably comprises a second objective with a second optical axis, wherein the second objective comprises the second sensor and in particular has a fixed magnification and is arranged fixed in the second beam path.
  • a cost-effective construction of a device is achieved overall, with which an eye can be viewed stereoscopically.
  • the two lenses with the sensors can also be used to achieve other effects, in particular with the two sensors, for example, different areas of the eye can be detected or different spectra can be covered (see below).
  • the senor can also be arranged in the beam path behind the objective, so that, for example, further optical elements can be arranged between the objective and the sensor.
  • the first sensor and the second sensor differ in a recording spectrum. This allows larger spectral ranges to be covered with great sensitivity.
  • the first sensor and the second sensor can also have the same recording spectrum.
  • a single image with increased resolution and / or sharpness can be achieved with the overlapping image data of the two sensors.
  • the two sensors can also have the same recording spectrum but with different resolution.
  • the first sensor is designed as a color sensor, in particular, for example, as an RGB perspective white light sensor
  • the second sensor is designed as a black-and-white sensor or as an IR sensor.
  • the black and white sensor has the advantage over the color sensor that higher resolutions are possible with a comparable number of pixels. Due to the color filters in the color sensors, in particular the Bayer filter, the resolution is usually reduced by a factor of about 2.
  • the color sensor has the advantage that the color aspects, which can be very helpful in the eye examination, can be detected.
  • the image data of a first sensor designed as a black-and-white sensor is preferably offset with a first resolution, with image data of a second sensor designed as a color sensor to form a single colorized image and / or a colored image sequence, the second sensor having a resolution which in particular less than the resolution of the first sensor.
  • the second sensor that is, the color sensor
  • a particularly cost-effective method can be created to obtain high-resolution, but still colored image data.
  • inflammations in the eye can be detected further, since inflamed areas usually have an elevated temperature.
  • sensors with other spectral ranges in particular sensors with narrow spectral ranges, which are thus also used in chemical analysis.
  • one of the sensors can also be designed as a UV sensor.
  • a UV-sensitive marker could be observed in the object.
  • the person skilled in the art is familiar with further sensor types and applications for the sensor types.
  • the device preferably has at least one third sensor in a third beam path.
  • the third sensor With the third sensor, the field of application of the device can be further expanded.
  • the third sensor can be provided, for example, for producing an overview image, while the first and the second sensor can capture an image section of the overview image.
  • the third sensor may also differ from one or both other sensors in a recording spectrum.
  • the second sensor is designed as a color sensor and the third sensor as an IR sensor, while in particular the first sensor is designed, for example, as a black-and-white sensor.
  • the advantages of the three sensor types can be combined.
  • all sensors can have the same recording spectrum.
  • all sensors may be configured as color sensors or as black and white sensors.
  • the third sensor is preferably encompassed by a third objective arranged fixedly in the third beam path and preferably has a fixed magnification. This in turn achieves a particularly robust and cost-effective device.
  • the third lens may have a smaller magnification, as the first and the second lens.
  • the first and the second objective can, for example, comprise a color sensor and have the same magnification, so that they can be used in a conventional manner for the stereoscopic viewing of the object, in particular of an eye.
  • the third sensor can also be dispensed with. Furthermore, more than three sensors can be used.
  • a first magnification factor of the first objective is smaller than a second magnification factor of the second objective.
  • This can be covered with the first sensor, a larger image pick-up area, as by the second sensor.
  • an overview image can be created with the first sensor, while with the second sensor a section of the overview image can be recorded in greater resolution.
  • an image region acquired with the first sensor can be zoomed until the resolution of the image section of the image region is no longer sufficient. From this point on, it is possible to switch from the first sensor to the second sensor in order to be able to view the image section in high-resolution with greater magnification. This can still be achieved with low-cost sensors image sections with high resolution.
  • the first objective and the second objective can also have the same magnification.
  • a lens with a large magnification is dispensed with in all beam paths, a high resolution can still be achieved by using correspondingly high-resolution (and thus typically more expensive) sensors.
  • an image pickup area in a focal plane of the first beam path at least partially overlaps with an image pickup area in a focal plane of the second beam path.
  • image pickup area is understood to mean that area in the focal plane which is given by the image angles of the objective, ie it is the area which can be imaged by the objective.
  • image pickup area By the partial overlapping can be covered with the multiple sensors a larger image pick-up area.
  • the overlapping of the image recording area also ensures that the image data in the overlapping area are doubly available, so that a transition between the individual images can be optimally calculated. This reflexes and the like can be digitally eliminated based on the redundant information.
  • four lenses each having an image sensor may be provided which cover a rectangular area such that the overlap forms a cross shape.
  • the sensors can also be designed and aligned in such a way that different image pickup areas are covered in each case.
  • four lenses each having an image sensor may be aligned such that an image pickup area results without overlapping.
  • the image area of the focal plane of the second beam path lies within the image area of the focal plane of the first beam path.
  • an overview image can be recorded with the first sensor and a section of the overview image with the second sensor.
  • the technical implementation can be achieved in different ways.
  • the first and the second sensor may have different sizes.
  • the same sensor can be used in a lens with different magnification.
  • the same lenses may be arranged with the same sensors at different distances from the object. Further variations are known to the person skilled in the art, in particular the above features can also be combined, so that, for example, different objectives are arranged at different distances from the object.
  • the focal planes of the first beam path may also coincide with the focal plane of the second beam path.
  • an angle between the first optical axis and the second optical axis is adjustable.
  • the optical axes are spatially adjustable.
  • a lens for example, via two mutually perpendicular pivot axes feature.
  • the focal planes of the first lens and the second lens can be moved relative to each other.
  • this has the advantage that, for example, with the second objective, an image detail can be selected and varied.
  • at least one objective is designed to be movable with a possibly larger magnification, while an objective for producing an overview image does not necessarily have to be designed to be movable, in particular if the objective completely covers the image recording area in order to produce the overview image in the fixed positioning.
  • several lenses may be designed to be movable.
  • an angle between the optical axes of the first and second lenses may also be fixed.
  • the first optical axis and the second optical axis are adjustable in parallel. This can be covered with the first sensor and the second sensor, a particularly large image pick-up area.
  • the third optical axis is also aligned parallel to one or both other optical axes.
  • the parallel alignment of the first and the second optical axis can also be dispensed with.
  • a diaphragm and / or an optical filter are arranged in the first optical axis and in the second optical axis, which is in particular motor-actuated.
  • the diaphragm is preferably designed as an adjustable diaphragm, whereby a magnification-independent control of the depth of field can be achieved.
  • the adjustability of the diaphragm can also be dispensed with.
  • the filters are preferably one or more selectable color filters.
  • the color filter is motor-actuated, that is, in one or more of the beam paths and extendable.
  • the gap image is generated by means of a projection method, preferably by means of DLP. This can be dispensed with mechanical parts, whereby the device can in turn be made cheaper.
  • the filter or the motor operability can also be dispensed with.
  • a slit illumination can be generated by means of a conventional mechanical shutter.
  • the device may further comprise a control unit, with which the gap shape and / or the filter selection can be selected automatically or automatically adapted and optimized on the basis of the measured data.
  • the slit illumination and the sensors can be synchronized such that the slit illumination is activated simultaneously with the sensors, in particular during the exposure time.
  • the lighting and the sensors are activated simultaneously.
  • the term "simultaneously" in the present case are small deviations in time, which does not affect the image, allowed.
  • the illumination in the millisecond range can be activated before the activation of the sensors in order to prevent the sensors from being activated before the illumination due to the given error tolerances.
  • the lighting can be deactivated in terms of time slightly after deactivating the image sensors. This ensures that the illumination is active during the exposure time of the sensors.
  • the synchronization of the lighting and the sensors can also be dispensed with.
  • the image quality can be improved.
  • the image data of two image sensors can be converted into an image with improved image quality compared to the individual images.
  • the two sensors and / or the lenses can also differ in one property in order to be able to benefit in the calculated image from the advantages of the different properties, which may possibly preclude a single image sensor.
  • the image data of the object are recorded simultaneously by the first sensor and the second sensor.
  • image data can be achieved which show the object in the same state and in the same orientation.
  • the image data of the individual sensors can be calculated in a simple manner into a single image, since motion artifacts need not or hardly be taken into account.
  • the image data can also be recorded in chronological succession with the sensors.
  • image data can be obtained which have higher qualities in different areas. This particular settings can be made, which would conflict with a single sensor.
  • a long exposure time may be selected for the first sensor to achieve high image quality, while a short exposure time is selected for the second sensor to minimize movement artifacts and therefore a sharp image.
  • a large aperture can be selected for the first sensor in order to obtain a large incidence of light on the first sensor, while a smaller aperture is selected for the second sensor in order to achieve the greatest possible depth of field.
  • filters for example color filters
  • different filters can be used in the two sensors, with the advantages of the individual filters being able to be combined when processing the image data into a single image.
  • contrasts can be deliberately changed.
  • the image data can in turn be processed into a single image in which the advantages of the individual acquisition spectra can be combined to form an image.
  • the person skilled in the art is familiar with further recording conditions which can be selected differently for the first sensor and for the second sensor.
  • the advantages arise in particular with a substantially simultaneous recording of the same image detail.
  • the images do not necessarily have to be created at the same time in order to be able to combine the image data into a single image.
  • the image data need not necessarily be combined into a single image, but may alternatively or additionally be used independently or processed.
  • individual images do not necessarily have to be processed; image sequences of the two sensors can also be processed into a single image sequence or even into a single image.
  • stereo images can 3D effects be achieved via motion parallax, where two or more 2D images and possible interpolation a 2D image sequence is created, which gives the viewer a 3D impression.
  • stereo image sequences can also be used instead of stereo images.
  • the FIG. 1 1 shows an apparatus 1 for examining an eye, designed as a slit lamp 1.
  • the slit lamp 1 comprises a lighting unit 100, an optical part 220 and two lenses 240 which are mounted on a cross slide 300.
  • the cross slide 300 itself is mounted on a base plate 400, which may be formed as a tabletop, and can be moved in the X, Y and Z directions.
  • the carriage 300 is controllable via an operating element 401, which is arranged on the same.
  • the illumination unit 100 and the two objectives 240 are thus movable via the carriage 300 and arranged pivotable independently of one another via a common axis of rotation 600.
  • the illumination unit 100 for the slit illumination comprises an L-shaped element 110 having a horizontal portion 111 and a vertical portion 112.
  • the L-shaped member 110 includes a vertically oriented rotation axis 600.
  • a lighting device 120 comprising a light source 121 is disposed on top of the vertical portion.
  • the illumination unit 100 is designed so that a defined light strip can be generated, which can be projected onto an eye 810.
  • a light beam 140 generated by the light source 121 is directed vertically downwards onto the mirror 130, which is arranged at a 45 ° angle, and guided by the latter to the eye 810 of the patient 800.
  • the illumination unit can also be arranged vertically below the mirror, the mirror being pivoted through an angle of 90 °.
  • the lighting unit 100 may be pivotable by motor or by hand about the axis 600.
  • the lighting unit 100 is formed in a preferred embodiment as a DLP projection device and is purely electronically controlled - the skilled person is, however, clear that conventional mechanical devices can be provided for gap generation.
  • the image data is sent from the two image sensors 241 of the lenses 240 to a computer 500 in the present embodiment.
  • the computer 500 is shown here as a separate device.
  • the computer 500 can also be part of the device in the form of a computing unit.
  • a screen 700 is connected to the computer 500. This too can be part of the device.
  • other means known to those skilled in the art for viewing digital image data may also be provided.
  • the light beams coming back from the eye 810 each pass into an optical part 220, which in the present case comprises two lenses 240.
  • An objective 240 in each case comprises an image sensor 241, which may be formed in one piece or in several parts.
  • the two objectives 240 are fixed objectives which have a fixed magnification and are also arranged fixedly in the beam path. Both Sensors are each a color sensor.
  • a focal plane can be set in the case of the lenses 240; in particular, the focal plane can be switched.
  • the FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a second embodiment of an optical part 220, comprising three lenses 240.1, 240.2 and 240.3.
  • the three lenses 240.1, 240.2 and 240.3 are each directed to the eye 810, with the focal planes of the three lenses 240.1, 240.2 and 240.3 intersecting in a common axis.
  • the lenses 240.1 and 240.3 are located outside and enclose the lens 204.2, which is centrally directed to the eye 810. With the lenses 240.1 and 240.3 stereoscopic images can be generated.
  • the sensors 241.1, 241.2 and 241.3 of the lenses 240.1, 240.2 and 240.3 are connected to a computer 500.
  • the sensors 241.1, 241.2 and 241.3 can be controlled by means of a computing unit or the computer 500 such that images can be recorded substantially simultaneously.
  • the lighting unit 100 is simultaneously controlled by the arithmetic unit so that the sensors and the lighting unit 100 can be activated at the same time.
  • disturbances of the images can be largely hidden by reflections using image processing.
  • the lenses 240.1 and 240.3 are of identical design and comprise a color sensor 241.1 or 241.3, while the lens 240.2 comprises a black-and-white sensor 241.2 and is equipped with a larger magnification. This can be obtained with the two lenses 240.1 and 240.2 an overview image. With the sensor 241.2 of the lens 240.2, details within the overview image can be reproduced with a high resolution.
  • the image material of the objective 240.2 can be colored on the basis of the data of the two objectives 240.1 and 240.3.
  • the lenses 240.1 and 240.3 are equipped with large magnification and black-and-white sensors 241.1 and 241.3 respectively, while the lens 240.2 is equipped with a color sensor 241.2 and has a smaller magnification.
  • the objective 240.2 is designed to produce an overview image, while with the two objectives 240.1 and 240.3 detailed stereoscopic images of the eye in high resolution can be made.
  • all the sensors 241.1, 241.2 and 241.3 of the three lenses 240.1, 240.2 and 240.3 are color sensors and in a fourth variant black and white sensors, with the objective 240.2 each having a smaller magnification than the lenses 240.1 and 240.3.
  • the objective 240.2 comprises an IR sensor 241.2, while the objectives 240.1 and 240.3 each comprise a color sensor 241.1 or 241.3.
  • the objective 240.2 comprises an IR sensor 241.2, while the objectives 240.1 and 240.3 each comprise a black-and-white sensor 241.1 and 241.3, respectively.
  • the individual objectives are arranged fixed relative to one another, while in an eighth variant at least one of the objectives can be pivoted about an axis in each case.
  • at least the objectives 240.1 and 240.3 are pivotable about parallel axes in the vertical plane, while the objective 240.2 is fixedly arranged, in particular in an embodiment in which the objective 240.2 is designed to capture an overview image.
  • the person skilled in any other variants are known.
  • objectives may also be provided.
  • the objectives may also be arranged such that their optical axes are parallel or nearly parallel in order to cover a larger image area.
  • a device for the examination of an eye is provided, which is distinguished on the one hand by particularly precise and robust recordings and on the other hand by a simple and inexpensive construction.

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